In order to avoid facing major change head on (like that breakup you know needs to happen), it's super common for people to create passive-aggressive diversions, distractions, and conflict to hint to their "significant other" that: Sorry, sweetie—you're just not that significant anymore.
Perhaps we hope the other person will abandon ship first and let us off the hook from doing the dirty work. Either way, we often go to elaborate lengths to send the message before we actually put voice to the words we want to say ... "it's over!"
Here are a few subtle (and not-so-subtle) ways we people put off that 'everyone else knows it's coming so we should probably just end it' inevitable break up.
Author's note: This is article is satire, not instructional! (And also, yes, if your significant other is exibiting several of these signs—your relationship is likely on the outs).
Elizabeth Stone is tirelessly focused on helping women improve their relationships. After 10 hilarious years of navigating the dating world, she has settled down with her sweet fiancée and unruly dog. She writes at WhyMenLeave.net.
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